The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-05-21

Fruits for Louisiana.
So many fruit trees are continually
being sold in Louisiana which are OF
no value to the planter, that We feel
it our duty to give little information
to guide the purchaser in making his
selections.
We are often shown bills OF trees
amounting to twenty dollars or more,
and find all they contain Of any value
for this climate is not worth FIVE dol
lars. Tree agents are continually
travelling over this country, selling
fruit trees, the most Of which are Of
no value for this latitude, at double
and often four times the price they
can be bought for from any reliable
nursery, These tree agents are allowed
to use the names of certain nurseries
who never publish catalogues, with
prices as high as these trees are sold
by their agents. And we will venture
to say, without fear of contradiction,
that not one tree in five will ever bear
fruit, for the simple reason they do
not suit this climate,
Whether these nurseries are reliable,
or their agents honest, we leave the
reader 10 judge, We have tried at
the Mount Hope Nursery, at Wash,
ington, La, thirty varieties Of apples,
and have found only four worth plant
ing IN this latitude, and out of tho same
number Of pears, we have but two,
We have our experimental grounds,
where VIC test all trees before Offering
them for sale, and when anything Is
found not suited TO the climate, II is
thrown away regardless of cost, We
have our bearing orchard and flower
garden, and we say to all who wish to
grow fruit or ornament their grounds,
come to onr nursery and see our fruit
trees and the fruit, and our garden and
the flowers. Summer apples are the
only ones worth planting in Louisiana,
south of latitude SO 2 The early
Tedstreak is our best apple, It ripens
in July. The red June, yellow June
and early harvest arc also good ap-
pies, and ripen in June, The LeConts
and Kieffer are about the only pears
that can be planted with profit in
Louisiana, The LeConte begins to
bear at five years old, and the fruit
commences to ripen about July Id,
and continues on to September,
The Kieffer pear suits this climate
and grows we'll, and when grated on
LeConte stocks it will bear fruit boun-
tifully when only three years old,
This pear is unsurpassed IN beauty
of a rich golden yellow 1t weighs fully
a pound, and often more, Il ripens
in September, Just after the LeContes
are gone, ald lasts Until November,
Peaches--the following varieties are
good Ashly's Early, Alexander, AIMS
den, Briggs Red May, st, John, Peen
To, Chinese Cling, Mammoth Cling,
ThuFbeF, and Blood Cling,
Plums-very good plums Of the
Chickasaw family, are now being
propagated by Southern nurserymen,
which are mostly curculio proof, The
earliest ripen 10 May and later ones
continue till about September, Chick
asaw plums may be planted on wet
land, where It would be useless 10
plant other fruit trees. Some North
eFn DuFserymen have way Of making
plum trees on peach roots. They are
cheap, but are Of no value for the
South.
Japanese Persimmons-this frpit Is
a success in Louisiana, and universally
admired and pronounced good. The
tree is very ornamental, as hardy as
an oak, and win bear as soon rs 4
peach, The fTuit win weigh from Q
to 10 ounces. II begins to ripen in
October, season when there is bnt
little frnit, If this fFnit Is left on tho
tree until after hard frost, it will all
ripen at once, "a native peTsimmons
but il gathered before frost and put
away in dark cool place, the season
Of ripening may be prolonged until
far into The spring.
Many varieties Of grapes do well,
but the Scupperpong is always q sue
cess in the Gulf States, except on the
alluyiaI lands Of rivers and bayons;
there the vine grows well, but pro-
duces little fruit. =. JAY Lacy,
Mt. Hope Nursery, Washington, La,
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